Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the comedy films The Meteor Man, Don't Be a Menace, Friday, B*A*P*S, Elf, The Replacements, Made, Mr Bones, and Couples Retreat, as well as the voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and his role as Wendell Wilcox on The Parent 'Hood. He got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut Off-Broadway at the age of nineteen. His motion picture debut, Bebe's Kids had him providing the voice of late comedian Robin Harris. He then had a role in The Meteor Man starring Robert Townsend. Townsend then cast Love in a co-starring role on his sitcom The Parent 'Hood. He followed up this role with a breakout performance as the drug dealer Big Worm in the 1995 film Friday. Follow-up films have included Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting Temptations, and Idlewild. Love gained wider appeal when he co-starred in the 2009 film, Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. His most recent role is that of Kurtis Kool in 2011’s Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Many gamers may also know him for his role as Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · STZ as Curtis
- 2024 · The Last Stop in Yuma County as Vernon
- 2023 · Back on the Strip as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
- 2023 · Prince of Detroit as Teddy Hall
- 2022 · Santa Games as Santa Charles
- 2022 · Block Party as Gus
- 2021 · The Upshaws as Terry
- 2020 · The War with Grandpa as Store Manager
- 2020 · She Ball as Big Meat Tuna
- 2020 · Bulletproof 2 as Jack Carter
- 2018 · Step Up as Al
- 2017 · Ripped as Reeves
- 2017 · Grow House as Rollin' Reg
- 2017 · Dying Laughing as Self
- 2016 · She's Got a Plan as Dr. Funkman
- 2015 · Brotherly Love as Uncle Ron
- 2015 · November Rule as Theo
- 2014 · Tell as Dwight Johnson
- 2014 · black-ish as Sha
- 2014 · Q as Mr. Blue
- 2013 · All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta as
- 2013 · White T as Anthony
- 2012 · Backstage at Budz House as
- 2012 · The Paperboy as Comedian
- 2011 · Budz House as Big Shitty
- 2011 · The Cookout 2 as David Turner
- 2011 · Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster as Self
- 2011 · Zookeeper as Bruce the Bear (voice)
- 2011 · King of the Underground as Faizon
- 2011 · Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Kurtis Kool
- 2009 · Couples Retreat as Shane
- 2009 · A Day in the Life as 'Black' Ike Smith
- 2009 · Steppin: The Movie as
- 2009 · Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2008 · Of Boys and Men as Roman
- 2008 · Days of Wrath as Cash Flow
- 2008 · The Wendy Williams Show as
- 2008 · Black Poker Stars Invitational as Self
- 2007 · The Perfect Holiday as Jamal
- 2007 · Who's Your Caddy? as Big Large
- 2006 · Idlewild as Ace
- 2006 · All You've Got as Coach Harlan
- 2006 · Just My Luck as Damon Phillips
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Reverend Greene
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Coach
- 2005 · Animal as Double T
- 2004 · Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
- 2004 · The Big House as
- 2004 · Torque as Sonny
- 2003 · Hustle and Heat as David Rabinowitz
- 2003 · Wonderland as Greg Diles
- 2003 · Elf as Gimbels Manager
- 2003 · The Fighting Temptations as Prison Warden
- 2003 · That's So Raven as Cyrus
- 2002 · Blue Crush as Leslie
- 2002 · Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Domino Breed
- 2001 · Mr. Bones as Fats Pudbedder
- 2001 · Made as Horrace
- 2001 · The Luau as Hustle
- 2001 · Inhumanity as
- 2000 · The Replacements as Jamal Jackson
- 2000 · 3 Strikes as Tone
- 1998 · The Players Club as Peters
- 1997 · Money Talks as Cellmate
- 1997 · B.A.P.S as Tiger J
- 1996 · A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Manny
- 1996 · Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Rufus
- 1995 · Friday as Big Worm
- 1995 · Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About as Sledgehammer O'Possum
- 1995 · What a Cartoon! as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice)
- 1995 · The Parent 'Hood as Wendell Wilcox
- 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Nigel Lovejoy
- 1994 · Fear of a Black Hat as Jam Boy 1
- 1993 · The Meteor Man as Maurice
- 1992 · Bebe's Kids as Robin Harris (voice)
- Future · Sell Your House as Self